Author Thomas Rabe: My grandfather was a hero in China

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Author Thomas Rabe has won an award for helping to foster German-Chinese relations. Those recognized for their efforts came from the worlds of business, culture, sport and everywhere in between.

Thomas is keeping alive one-and-a-half centuries of his family's relationship with China. His grandfather was John Rabe, who was CEO of the Siemens company in China and was in Nanjing during the Japanese invasion in World War II.

Using a large number of documents from the time that still exist, including his grandfather's diaries, Thomas has written a book about John Rabe, whose leadership in the creation of safe zones in Nanjing saved a quarter of a million Chinese civilian lives.

Speaking to CGTN, he said that writing the book allowed him to get closer to who his grandfather was as a person and a leader.

He said, "Looking at him (my grandfather), I admire him because he is an example of moral leadership for humanitarianism. And what he did here for the Chinese people is that if you save one life, you can save a complete world, which is mentioned in the Talmud here. And my grandfather also said to observe that never leave a friend alone here if he is in danger."

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